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Blossoming Desert

The phenomenon of the Desierto Florido, or Blossoming Desert, has occured in 1983, 1987, 1991, 1997...

This ancient Amerindian people were settled over the southern part of the American continent, in the areas of Catamarca and La Rioja in Argentina and the region between the Copiapó and Choapa Rivers in Chile. In the bibliography they are frequently mentioned as being of the same culture as the Calchaquíes, since the two...

Bahía Inglesa

This bay is located 6 km south of Caldera, approximately 12 km in length. This is a seaside...

Los Loros

This is a small Andean town with not much more than 900 inhabitants, located 70 km from Copiapó. The climate is temperate and the air is dry. Here you will find interesting houses which belonged to the workers of the former railway. It is a center of agricultural activity for the production and export of grapes. Formerly it produced...

Fiesta de la Virgen de la

This festival takes place in Copiapó on the first Sunday in February. It is an event attended by hundreds of dancers who express their devotion to their patron, the Virgen de la Candelaria, through songs, dances, special costumes and prayers. The cult dates from 1780, when a miner, Mariano Caro Inca, taking refuge from a storm in a...

Tierra Amarilla

This town, set amongst extensive vineyards, is located 16 km from Copiapó. Here small and medium-scale mining are carried on. Agricultural activity is the production of grapes, which are said to be the best in the country for export. When you visit, you can see the Hacienda de Jotabeche and the Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Loreto...

Pukará de Punta Brava

The fort is towards the interior from Tierra Amarilla, beside the Río Copiapó, near the village of...

Where to go in Copiapó?

Universidad de Atacama The university is located at Calle Copayapu Nº 485 and was founded in 1857...

Tranque Lautaro

The reservoir lies 96 km south east of Copiapó and 83 km from Amarilla, beside the Acueducto Amolanas. It is the only reservoir built in the valley of the Río Copiapó, and has functioned for the benefit of the valley since 1920. It was initially constructed of earth. The waters that run into the reservoir come from the Manflas...

Viña del Cerro

The Viña del Cerro, declared a National Monument, is an archaeological center located 88 km...

Museo de Sitio Mina El Tránsito

The museum is located in the valley, 26 km from Copiapó and 11 km from Tierra Amarilla. It was inaugurated in 1995 and is the first mining museum to open in this zone. It is located in the Sierra Ojancos, next to the Mina Tránsito, worked during the nineteenth century. Until 1881 the mine was virtually a town in itself, as it was...

How to get to Copiapó?

Copiapó is 807 km north of Santiago de Chile and 334 km from La Serena. You can get there: By...

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